The Help (MB)

Chapter 28

*Penny*

I was cold,scared,and restless as we told each other the plan.

"Okay,so we're going to escape during bathroom break. Amaya's going to persuade them to leave,and we're going out the hallway window. That's a pretty far drop..." Peyton explained.

I nodded. "We should do something to make it easier..."

"Like what? We can't get up now. We'll just have to go for it. If you want to get out of here,you'd do it." Amaya said.

Just then,the door opened,startling us all. I looked to the side and saw four greasy,bad looking men came in the room. Mike entered behind them.

"Alright. You have an hour.." He said,looking at his watch.

One of the men,the tallest,approached me,smiling creepily. I gave him a weird look,feeling uncomfortable. I looked over at Amaya,who looked at me with the same fear. The man grabbed my leg roughly,causing me to scream a bit.

I snatched my leg back,and he only yanked harder. He started to kiss my cheek,then my neck. I tried squirming away,but the chain on my left hand didn't let me get far. He lifted my dress,feeling on my legs,and I felt a tear slip down my cheek.

"Stop squirming 'fore I make it hard on you." He said,then cackled.

That hour was the worst in my life. I've never been treated that way,nor have I ever done anything like that. The screams of pain I let out weren't enough to make him stop. It was like I was screaming out-all of us were- for nothing.

After so long,i'd given up. Let him torture me. My throat had gone dry,and my tears kept coming. My head was pounding,and my body was hurting. When he was done,he simply stood and walked out,the same time the other men did,and shut the door. I turned over on my side,grateful that it was over. Grateful that we would be out of this place by this time tomorrow. Grateful that i'm still alive.

I cried until I couldn't cry anymore. I didn't even look at the other girls. I just stared at the floor,forcing myself to think of happier times. When Mama was still alive. When I was home with my friends. When I would tease my older sisters for fun. When Prod and I were at the lake....

I miss him. Even though it's only been two days,it feels like years. The torture,of course,has made it worse. I don't know what i'd do if I had to stay here any longer.

"We have to get out of here tomorrow.." I heard Peyton say with a crack in her voice.

"We will..." I said,determination in my voice.

Everything was quiet after that. Even when we were bought dinner,which was a turkey sandwich,no one touched the food. I acted as if I didn't even see E place the food down. The room was so silent you wouldn't even think we were in there.

I tried to sleep once again,and I did,but only for a few hours.

I woke up from my sleep with a jolt of fear after I had the dream of my current activities with the smelly,greasy man. I wanted to cry all over again,but no tears would come. No sound.

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